Oak forests of the warm cool-temperate regions in the nemoral zone of Central and Southern Europe and relic supramediterranean fir-pine and oak forests of the Mediterranean
pub02 | This order comprises forests dominated by oaks (Q. pubescens, Q. cerris, Q. petraea, Q. frainetto, Q. faginea and others), hornbeam (Carpinus orientalis), hop hornbeam (Ostrya carpinifolia) as well as Mediterranean relict fir species (A. cephalonica and A. pinsapo). The distribution of the order spans Spain in the West and Crimea in the East and its communities occur on both acidic and calcareous substrates. The large number of alliances and the obvious syntaxonomic heterogeneity of this order call for a profound pan-European syntaxonomic revision. (L. Mucina, W. Willner).
Synonyms
Brachypodio-Quercetalia petraeae Hofmann in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968
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